Review: ELF Peachy Keen Blush

Happy Sunday everyone. How are you all doing? If you ask me, I'm doing great. Last Thursday was my birthday and it was awesome, spent it with my friends and family. I'm already 19, and it's amazing how time passed by so quickly. I remember when I posted my first blog post it was about my 17th birthday.

Enough talking, let's get to the main point of this post. As the title says, I'm going to be talking about the ELF Peachy Keen blush. I got this 2 months ago when I went to Manila for a very short vacation. I can't remember exactly how much I paid for it, but I'm pretty sure it was less than P250.

The packaging reminds me a lot of NARS blushes, except for the little window and the plastic packaging. Just like what I said before, I would much rather prefer ELF's packaging than NARS' rubber packaging. It also has a mirror inside which I think is useless because I find it too small.

I would describe it as peach blush with a gold sheen, if that even made sense. Anyway, I know I suck at describing the color, and swatch sucks too, sorry for that. I love how the blush just warms up my face and give off a certain glow when I wear it. It was the perfect summer blush for me. For the lasting power, it's about 3-4 hours, same as the blush from the blush/bronzer duo.

And this is how the blush look like on me, taken under natural lighting.

The blush is great for wearing alone or layering it with another blush. When I layer it with another blush, I usually use my MAC Fleur Power blush which is a satin, just to add some shimmer and glow. I highly recommend ELF Peachy Keen blush. :)

Review: ELF Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder Review

Finally, a review. It's been a long time since I made one. ^_^



For today's review, the spotlight's on the ELF Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder. I've had this for like a month already, and I've used it for a couple of times, always actually. ;)

Now a closer look..



It's two products in one, there's a blush and bronzer. It is said to be a dupe of the NARS Orgasm/Laguna Duo, only difference is the packaging. ELF's compact has a plastic packaging, unlike NARS' which is rubber. It's a perfect size, not too small, and definitely not too big. It comes with a huge mirror inside, but there's no brush, which is still fine.

For a much closer look..


Let's start off with the blush. It's a peachy-pink shade with gold flex. It looks really pretty in the pan, but the shimmer's also scary. The very first time I tried the blush, there wasn't any peach nor pink color showing on my cheeks, I could only see shimmers. Tried another swipe and saw a little bit of color, and at the same time, more shimmer. It's a good thing that the shimmer's not chunky and huge, cause if it was, then I would look like a glitterball. One time, I went out under the sun wearing the blush, when I saw my reflection in the mirror, I saw the peachy-pink shade on my cheeks, and the shimmer wasn't that visible already. It just made me look more awake and glowing. I loved the effect. I think it lasted for four hours, which is alright with me.


This is honestly my first bronzer. I use it to contour my cheeks, but I find it too dark and unnatural. It is also shimmery just like the blush. Should be very careful in applying this, especially those with lighter skin. I think this is just an okay bronzer, not that crazy about it.

Swatch:





And now to sum it all up..

PROS:
- dirt cheap, $3
- comes with 2 products in 1 compact
- sleek packaging, plastic, thus, dirt wouldn't stick
- pigmented
- comes with a huge mirror

CONS:
- too shimmery
- bronzer's color is unnatural
- might be too light or too dark for others
- powdery
- poor lasting power

I would still recommend the ELF Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder. I love it. :)

I think that's it for my review. O_o
I hope this helped you, thanks for reading. :D

- Nicole <3

Someone visited me, and I'm sooo happy. :D

Guess who? Mr. Mailman did! Woot! I was just chilling inside our dorm room, when suddenly, Mr. Guard knocked on the door and said, 'Someone's looking for Nicole, there's a letter for her, she has to pay P35'. I was like, OH NO. BUSTED. O_O Remember when I told you my mom's visiting me and she doesn't know about my dirty little secret? Well she's here, and now she knows. -_- But it's alright, I'm still happy. :D

3 weeks ago, I ordered something from Makeup Masala, well, not actually me. BTW, thank youuuu Thiamere for letting me borrow your CC, and advance happy birthday! Woot again! I was expecting it to arrive a month after, but it came in earlier, ohh yeah. It's actually my first time to try our PO, and I'm happy with my first experience. Mr. Mailman delivered it straight to our dorm, without me having to go to the post office and claim it.

I got:
-1 Complexion Brush
-1 Powder Brush
-2 Blending Eye Brush
-2 Eye Shadow Brush
-2 Mineral Eyeshadow Primer
-1 Contouring Blush and Bronzing Powder

Over all, I'm happy and satisfied with my purchase. I'm glad I got everything all complete and fine. Definitely gonna do a review soon.

That's it for my haul. And oh, last day of exam tomorrow, hell yeeeeah. Thanks for reading. Byeee! :D

- Nicole <3